Whats the difference between a yeast infection and genital herpes?

What are symptoms of each? Is it obvious when you have one or the other or can only a doctor tell you? How do you know when you have one or the other?

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Herpes: painful, blistery ulcers, flu-like symptoms, in women, perhaps some increased discharge.

Yeast: itching, redness, possibly some peeling skin or slight rash. Women may also have yeasty-smelling, lumpy (cottage cheese like) discharge.

I suppose the initial redness and tingling/itching of herpes could be mistaken for a yeast infection, but once the blisters/sores appear, it's pretty obvious.

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Anonymous2016-05-17T16:24:18Z

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